Night Train
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"Night Train" is a 1997 noir-influenced crime novel by British author Martin Amis that subverts the traditional detective story through a darkly comic, philosophical exploration of suicide and meaning.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Night Train canonical | 2 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
crime novel
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novel ⓘ |
| author | Martin Amis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
depression
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existentialism ⓘ grief ⓘ identity ⓘ meaning of life ⓘ suicide ⓘ |
| containsCharacter |
Colonel Tom Rockwell
NERFINISHED
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Jennifer Rockwell NERFINISHED ⓘ Trader Faulkner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| followedBy | Heavy Water and Other Stories NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
crime fiction
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detective fiction ⓘ noir fiction ⓘ philosophical fiction ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780224041067 ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
cosmology
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police procedural elements ⓘ unreliable narration ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postmodern literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Detective Mike Hoolihan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narrative ⓘ |
| notableAspect |
female narrator written by male author
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focus on psychological investigation over procedural detail ⓘ subversion of crime genre conventions ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| pageCount | 149 ⓘ |
| partOf | Martin Amis bibliography NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotDevice | investigation of apparent suicide ⓘ |
| precededBy | The Information NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistGender | female ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | police detective ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1997 ⓘ |
| publisher | Jonathan Cape NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | American city ⓘ |
| structure | subversion of traditional detective story ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult ⓘ |
| tone |
bleak
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darkly comic ⓘ philosophical ⓘ |
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